Weight-shift trike

N8078V

2002 Homebuilt Cobra

Registered No accidents on file

Built

2002

Serial

048

Class

Weight-shift trike

Engines

Rotax 582UL DCDI

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registered owner

Individual · sign in to see

Based

Crestone, CO

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Registration record

N8078V on the FAA register

Type

2002 Homebuilt Cobra

Serial

048

Engines

Rotax 582UL DCDI

Registered owner

Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in

Crestone, CO

Certificate issued

2007-07-31

Airworthiness date

2007-09-21

Registration expires

2028-01-31

Airworthiness class

Experimental · light-sport

Mode S (hex)

AAFF62

Mode S (octal)

52577542

Seats (type)

Weight class

up to 12,499 lb

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registry history

Timeline

2028-01-31
Registration expires (renewal due).
2007-09-21
Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (light-sport)).
2007-07-31
Certificate of registration issued as N8078V to the current registrant.
2004-07-22
N8078V previously assigned to a Embraer EMB-120 (s/n 120242); cancelled.
2002
Manufactured (2002).
1995-05-04
N8078V previously assigned to a Bell 206B III / 206B-2 / 206B II/III (s/n 4332); cancelled.
1991-02-12
N8078V previously assigned to a Piper Archer II / Archer LX / Archer TX (s/n 288090074); cancelled.

Overview

About N8078V

N8078V is a 2002 Homebuilt Cobra, serial number 048. It is registered to an individual in Crestone, Colorado. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 31, 2007 and expires on January 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a weight-shift trike, one Rotax 582UL DCDI engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (light-sport), dated September 21, 2007.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N8078V. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1989-05-09 Accident · Dublin, CA Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · LAX89FA189

Reported aircraft: Piper PA-28-181 — a different aircraft that carried the N8078V registration before this airframe.

Probable cause: THE PILOT DECIDED TO CONTINUE VFR FLIGHT AFTER ENCOUNTERING INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS IN AN AREA OF RISING MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. FACTORS IN THIS ACCIDENT WERE THE PILOTS LACK OF EXPERIENCE AND HIS FAILURE TO OBTAIN A PREFLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.